Ammo Identification Help

[koz5614]

Because I am in Law Enforcement, friends of mine decide that I am a good place to dispose of ammo that has been sitting in their elderly relative's homes. Some of it is old/ unusual. I have accumulated a lot of it, and have decided to start researching them. I'll just start with three for now.
1) This box was given to me with the "You got a .38, right? I found these bullets in my parent's house". It has 8 rounds in the box. I'd like to figure out how old it is.


2) The next one was also given to me because I "have a .38". I was going to shoot it, but the box is really nice and completely full. I'm guessing its from the 1950s?

3) This is a weird one. It is unopened, so I have no idea what the rounds look like. Someone told me they might have been a duplex-style round. Is it rare? If anyone can shed some light on this stuff, I would appreciate it.

As always, thank you in advance for your help.

 

[DWalt]

You might sign onto the International Ammunation Association (IAA) website and sign up. There is a HUGE amount of ammo lore to be found there All of the serious ammo collectors hang out there. Your top box is probably from the late 1920s, the middle one is likely from the late 1950s, and the bottom one is an experimental 5.56mm round which was evaluated in the late 1970s. It was basically the standard (for the time) M193, but with a steel-cored 55 grain bullet instead of a lead core (it didn't work out). It was the predecessor to the later M855 5.56mm round with a 63 grain bullet. That round is still in service but is being phased out by the M855A1 round with a lead-free bullet. SCAMP is an Army acronym for "Small Caliber Ammunition Modernization Program." That was a program to streamline military small arms ammunition manufacturing operations. See this: http://www.cdvs.us/223-SCAMP-AMMO-in-20rd-boxes-P4.aspx Don't throw the boxes and ammo away. Many would like them. There is a little problem in shipping them, however, as they can be sent only by UPS from a UPS terminal, not one of the strip center UPS locations. Contact UPS for details.

 

[koz5614]

Thanks for the info. The "SCAMP" I remember reading about was a Colt machine pistol.